Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
Born in Bangkok, Thailand and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Duckworth was educated at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents, she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war. Despite her injuries, she was awarded a medical waiver to continue serving in the Illinois Army National Guard for another ten years until she retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2014.
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American Veteran
Self - Host · (1 episode)
2021
Fly Like a Girl
Self
2020
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Self · (1 episode)
2018
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: The Constitution
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
At This Hour with Kate Bolduan
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Housequake
Self
2009
The Daily Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1996